Low-carb diets might be popular now, but they could also be deadly over time, a long-term study shows. Esteemed British medical publication The Lancet Public Health released a study of the diets and h ...

Chronic illness is at epidemic levels in the United States as well as other wealthy nations. Autoimmune diseases, though tending to receive less attention than headline-grabbing afflictions such as ca ...

It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shining, you’re headed to the beach, and you don’t have to work all weekend. The world is your oyster and nothing could bring you down. And then, out of the blue, you ...

A healthy diet has been scientifically proven to provide numerous health benefits, such as reducing your risk of several chronic diseases and keeping your body healthy. However, making major changes t ...

When I was growing up, we usually thought of all bacteria as the bad guys; microscopic organisms that cause disease and symptoms and therefore should be avoided. Times have changed as experts have unc ...

Many of us may be considering “burning some fat” so we feel better in our bathing suits out on the beach or at the pool. What does that actually mean, though? The normal fat cell exists primarily to s ...

In “The Special Ed Epidemic” series, World Mercury Project’s partner, Focus for Health (FFH), examined the special education epidemic, its crippling effects on the US economy, as well as housing and e ...

Imagine your doctor telling you that you have Alzheimer’s disease or some other type of dementia. Then, imagine being told, “I’m sorry, there’s nothing we can do. You might want to start getting your ...

When I was very young, five or six, my parents always told me: “Tommy, be good.” But all I wanted to do was run in the woods, play in puddles, eat fast, swim, and have fun. I didn’t have time for mann ...

More and more people are either swapping traditional cigarettes for e-cigarettes or simply picking up an e-cigarette habit, causing this trend to grow in popularity. The appeal of e-cigarettes is that ...

There is a common belief that the air outside your front door is much worse to breathe than the air inside your home. But studies show the air inside your home is actually more polluted. How did your ...

Many women going through menopause describe often experiencing brain fog. For years, there was not enough evidence to support such claims. In recent years, however, research has begun to reveal that b ...

Being a mom may be the most all-inclusive and demanding job in the world. It’s impossible to capture what running a family with school-age children entails these days, but here’s a very short list of ...

When we wake up in the morning, many of us automatically go on our phones or computers and start reading, checking messages, responding to things, and moving through our online world on autopilot. We ...

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. ~Pema Chodron Life has its down periods: your boss is unhappy with you, your business is struggling, y ...

Oh, joy! That happy, buoyant emotion is a great feeling, whether it’s brought on by a wedding or birth or something as simple as finding the perfect fruit at the farmer’s market. On an emotional level ...

Let’s face it: beauty can be a complex subject, especially when it comes to choosing safe, effective, and reasonably priced cosmetics and other beauty related products. It can be a guessing game: what ...

When we think of cooking with herbs and spices, we usually reach for the fresh or dry versions of those ingredients to add flavor and depth to our culinary dishes. Now imagine enjoying those herbs and ...

Avoiding genetically modified (GM) foods is a challenge, as mostly they remain unlabeled. Many consumers are also confused about what these foods are, or are under the persistent misconception that ...

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a delicious and healthy tropical fruit. It’s believed to have originated in South America, where early European explorers named it after its resemblance to a pinecone (1) ...

The business world is salivating at the potential $22.6 billion recreational marijuana market in Canada, with more new pot users expected after legalization on Oct. 17. But public-health officials wan ...

Many U.S. doctors don’t discuss the harms of lung cancer screening or the potential for overdiagnosis in conversations with current and former smokers about whether tests are necessary, two new studie ...

To help combat a modern prevalence of diet-based disease, Oldways looks back to how our ancestors ate. In that spirit, the nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to promoting public health by pres ...

Stanford Medicine hired Dr. Tait Shanafelt as chief wellness officer last year, not so much for the well-being of the patients as for the well-being of the physicians. An oncologist and hematologist b ...

When Lucy Howard was pregnant with her second child, she felt like she was walking through fog. “It was a struggle to get up most [days]… I would spend mornings just sitting on the sofa crying. Everyt ...

A recent survey shows that shoe wearing among young boys isn’t universal. German children and teenagers spend most of their day in shoes, while about 90 percent of their South African counterparts go ...

A Victorian man has been diagnosed with an uncommon fungal superbug that can cause serious infections and possibly cause death. Health authorities in Victoria said in an alert on Aug. 7 that they beli ...

A new scientific advisory examines science to look at the health risks associated with a growing use of screen-based devices among children. The advisory looks at how sedentary behavior, like sitting ...

The NSW Government issued a public warning about a brand of eyeliner on July 24 after tests showed increased levels of lead in the Hashmi branded products. Testing of the imported eyeliners Hashmi Sur ...

LONDON—The UK’s National Health Service is the world’s largest purchaser of fax machines, with a “farcical” reliance on outdated technology, medical experts have said. The report from the Royal Colleg ...

Earlier this month, one of us visited a prominent U.S. medical school to give a lecture on the topic of burnout and how physicians can find more fulfillment in the medical profession. Sadly, that very ...

A landmark experiment in north Queensland could hold the key to combating the spread of mosquito-borne diseases including dengue and Zika. Australian scientists managed to wipe out more than 80 per ce ...

LONDON—Many people swear by the wisdom of always going to the same family doctor who knows them inside and out. Researchers have now proven them right, demonstrating that having the same doctor for li ...

World Mercury Project Note: WMP has internal documents in which the FDA acknowledges that technology that allows for the creation of these new vaccines has outpaced their ability to predict adverse ev ...

Less than a quarter of Americans meet the national physical activity guidelines, according to findings (pdf) from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Stati ...

As a country and a society, we’ve never been anywhere close to “herd immunity” through vaccination, but where are all the epidemics? That doesn’t keep vaccine makers from using herd immunity as a weap ...

By any measure, modern medicine is a miracle. Countless lives have been saved, epidemics averted, and suffering eased thanks to medical advances of the past century. But this miracle comes with misera ...

World Mercury Project Team Note: The lessons learned from the ongoing saga of thimerosal are significant to all who care about vaccine safety, want justice for the injured, and to prevent future harm. ...

I’m an easy bruiser. If I run into the coffee table, I know that I’m going to have a whopper of a bruise on my shin in a couple of hours. Friend’s dogs that jump on me, an armload of boxes or books, o ...

A solar term is a period of about two weeks, based on the sun’s position in the zodiac. Solar terms form the traditional Chinese calendar system. The calendar follows the ancient Chinese belief that l ...

A solar term is a period of about two weeks and is based on the sun’s position in the zodiac. Solar terms form the traditional Chinese calendar system. The calendar follows the ancient Chinese belief ...

About two years ago, I suffered from a bout of tendinitis in my right elbow. Most of the time it caught me off guard because it wouldn’t be particularly painful until, suddenly, it was. As soon as I d ...

A solar term is a period of about two weeks and is based on the sun’s position in the zodiac. Solar terms form the traditional Chinese calendar system. The calendar follows the ancient Chinese belief ...

It can seem like there’s never enough time—not enough for sleep and not enough for play, not enough for cooking. and not enough for exercise. There’s a relatively new term to describe this feeling: ti ...

Caroline Tupcienko would rather have a needle in her eye than tilt her head back for drops several times a day to prevent the blinding effects of glaucoma. The 73-year-old received an experimental ocu ...

Good habits can compel us when motivation does not, like well-trod steps that lead to success. Bad habits, meanwhile, can hold us in ruts that leave us repeating unwanted patterns. Changing our habits ...

I’m no stranger to rushing around, operating on overload, and essentially resembling a chicken with no head. In my previous corporate life, I lived life at light speed and in complete chaos for sixtee ...

Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It turns out that a quirk in the way human brains process information means that when somethin ...

Everyone experiences occasional digestive symptoms such as upset stomach, gas, heartburn, nausea, constipation or diarrhea. However, when these symptoms occur frequently, they can cause major disrupti ...

Adults are spending more time sitting than ever, and few pay attention to how they sit throughout the day. Take a moment to think about all the reasons we sit. First off, you’re probably sitting while ...

There’s a part of us that wants to find peace from all the chaos in our lives, all the busyness and distractions and complications and stress and overwhelmingness of it all. We want to get away from i ...

Most of us want a greater sense of peace and ease in our lives, but life can be stressful, chaotic, overwhelming, full of distractions, and exhausting. We want to get away from all of that, exit the m ...

We tend to view our minds as our whole being. But through meditation, we learn to watch our thoughts as if they were leaves floating by on a river. You can’t watch yourself, so that must mean that you ...

Cleanliness has become an American obsession. We want to scrub everything until it sparkles and smells like lemon and lavender. But what if this desire for cleanliness is harmful? Keeping our bodies c ...

People today live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive, and overscheduled. Further, they have developed the technological means to be constantly connected to others and to vast options fo ...